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- Story Listed as: Fiction For Adults
- Theme: Inspirational
- Subject: Character Based
- Published: 08/22/2022
The Dark Skin
It was a stormy night , Vidya and Viraj were expecting their first child on that day, it was raining heavily and while they were going to the hospital they met with a small accident ,he lifted his wife and took her in his hands and rushed to the hospital, after few minutes a nurse came running and congratulated him, they had twins, both were girls.
He felt very happy and went to see, the first one was looking so beautiful & fair, her cheeks were as pink as a rose.
The second one was dusky(dark skin coloured) , he couldn't accept her he thought to leave her there itself and go but couldn't do that, he felt her as curse from God.
They named them Prisha and Nisha. Everyday he used to blame Nisha for all his problems.
She used to feel really bad, even her neighbours relatives used to tease her. Even her parents wouldn't support her, they never included her in family photos, as her sister was fair they used to take her to all the family functions and parties and left her in house .They used to feel her as burden and shameful to take her out.
Both the girls were going to same school. Everyone used to praise Prisha for her beauty but they used to tease Nisha for her skin colour they called her by different names like kaali , blacky , crow etc. She was not allowed to sit in front seats even though she was very good at studies no one would make friends with her. She was not allowed to participate in any of the events.
Even Prisha used to humiliate her and make fun of her in the class, she used to make Nisha do all her work and used to play with her friends.
Even in house she was not given respect , they used to treat her as servant , her mother would apply fairness creams , tried home remedies on her but nothing used to work. They used to buy new clothes for Prisha and give her old clothes to Nisha.
She couldn't understand why she was treated like this , she used feel like she doesn't belong there.
She used to pray God to make her fair so that everyone could treat her normally. She used to cry everyday.
As years passed they wanted to send Prisha abroad for higher studies , even though she was not interested in studies.
Even though, Nisha was good at studies they refused to send her to College they thought it would be waste of money , let her sit in home and do house work.
They mortgaged their house to send Prisha to foreign.
Few years passed Prisha became a brand ambassador for beauty products , she used to do ad shoots and earn lots of money . She refused to return back to her parents and got married to a big celebrity and lived happily in foreign itself.
Her parents were heartbroken and they had no money left to repay their loan (mortgaged house).
They lost everything and blamed Nisha for all the problems.
In order to repay the loan they think of marrying Nisha to an old man in exchange for money , Nisha gets to know about this and she disagrees for this but her parents force her to get her married the next day itself.
With no other option left she escapes from there and she goes to railway station.
She was thinking, "somehow I escaped but what next ? Where shall I go , how to live? "All these questions were running in her mind. She gets into the train and reaches city.
In such a big city , where should she live , how to earn money , she tries do job but gets rejected everywhere because of her looks.
She gets sad but doesn't leave hope, she goes to temple there some people doesn't allow her inside temple thinking that she is a beggar.
She tries to explain them but they won't listen to her and push her aside suddenly one old lady comes near her and asks her " is there any problem young lady you seem little nervous".
Nisha starts crying and tells about her past and reason to run away and she doesn't know anyone.
The old lady tells she can help her, she can stay with her as the old lady runs an NGO for women .
Nisha agrees to stay with her , she goes to NGO, there she makes new friends, she helps everyone in the NGO she also cooks food for them . One of the members suggest her to instead of searching for a job she should start some small business such as catering business as she knows to cook food very well and she can take help from her friends also .
But in order to start a business she needs capital so she goes to bank for loan but it gets rejected.
She gets sad but , thinks she should not stop and do something else and get money to start business.
One day she sees an advertisement in newspaper that there is a competition that encourages new artist where they should make a small video with creative thoughts and the winner will be given 10 lakhs prize money, so she thinks participate.
With the help of NGO people she makes a beautiful video and wins first prize.
With the money she starts the catering business.
At first the business was little dull, slowly her business started to grew. Later she started other business like bakery , organic food production etc.
With in a small span of time her business grew bigger.
She receives best entrepreneur award at very young age .
She thinks this should not be the end, she starts making videos of colour discrimination, how people treated her , how she felt etc. She explains that skin colour doesn't matter if they are determined towards their goal.
She became an inspiration to everyone.
Her videos get popular and she became a celebrity , she sees the people who used to disgrace her, the same people now come to take autograph and selfies with her.
She starts new company where she gives job opportunities to women who suffer discrimination. And she also starts a charitable trust and donates half of her income to it.
She also gets an opportunity to become brand ambassador for few products, she feels happy that she doesn't require to beautiful like her sister to become celebrity.
She feels that success is not dependent on skin colour.
Person should not be discriminated by their dark skin colour. She enjoys her success but misses her family.
As few years passed , Viraj met with and accident and he was paralyzed he had no money for the treatment and there was no one to look after them. They both ask everyone for help but no one came forward.
Vidya comes to a charitable trust seeking help and she is shocked to see that Nisha is the founder of that trust.
As soon as Nisha sees her mom she runs and hugs her, after knowing her father's condition she immediately rushes to hospital to see her father and cries, and says from here after she will look after her parents.
Now her parents also realized their mistake, they were wrong in treating her like this and they ask her to forgive them and say they feel proud of their daughter .
By
Poojitha.P
12/1/2021
The Dark Skin(Poojitha)
The Dark Skin
It was a stormy night , Vidya and Viraj were expecting their first child on that day, it was raining heavily and while they were going to the hospital they met with a small accident ,he lifted his wife and took her in his hands and rushed to the hospital, after few minutes a nurse came running and congratulated him, they had twins, both were girls.
He felt very happy and went to see, the first one was looking so beautiful & fair, her cheeks were as pink as a rose.
The second one was dusky(dark skin coloured) , he couldn't accept her he thought to leave her there itself and go but couldn't do that, he felt her as curse from God.
They named them Prisha and Nisha. Everyday he used to blame Nisha for all his problems.
She used to feel really bad, even her neighbours relatives used to tease her. Even her parents wouldn't support her, they never included her in family photos, as her sister was fair they used to take her to all the family functions and parties and left her in house .They used to feel her as burden and shameful to take her out.
Both the girls were going to same school. Everyone used to praise Prisha for her beauty but they used to tease Nisha for her skin colour they called her by different names like kaali , blacky , crow etc. She was not allowed to sit in front seats even though she was very good at studies no one would make friends with her. She was not allowed to participate in any of the events.
Even Prisha used to humiliate her and make fun of her in the class, she used to make Nisha do all her work and used to play with her friends.
Even in house she was not given respect , they used to treat her as servant , her mother would apply fairness creams , tried home remedies on her but nothing used to work. They used to buy new clothes for Prisha and give her old clothes to Nisha.
She couldn't understand why she was treated like this , she used feel like she doesn't belong there.
She used to pray God to make her fair so that everyone could treat her normally. She used to cry everyday.
As years passed they wanted to send Prisha abroad for higher studies , even though she was not interested in studies.
Even though, Nisha was good at studies they refused to send her to College they thought it would be waste of money , let her sit in home and do house work.
They mortgaged their house to send Prisha to foreign.
Few years passed Prisha became a brand ambassador for beauty products , she used to do ad shoots and earn lots of money . She refused to return back to her parents and got married to a big celebrity and lived happily in foreign itself.
Her parents were heartbroken and they had no money left to repay their loan (mortgaged house).
They lost everything and blamed Nisha for all the problems.
In order to repay the loan they think of marrying Nisha to an old man in exchange for money , Nisha gets to know about this and she disagrees for this but her parents force her to get her married the next day itself.
With no other option left she escapes from there and she goes to railway station.
She was thinking, "somehow I escaped but what next ? Where shall I go , how to live? "All these questions were running in her mind. She gets into the train and reaches city.
In such a big city , where should she live , how to earn money , she tries do job but gets rejected everywhere because of her looks.
She gets sad but doesn't leave hope, she goes to temple there some people doesn't allow her inside temple thinking that she is a beggar.
She tries to explain them but they won't listen to her and push her aside suddenly one old lady comes near her and asks her " is there any problem young lady you seem little nervous".
Nisha starts crying and tells about her past and reason to run away and she doesn't know anyone.
The old lady tells she can help her, she can stay with her as the old lady runs an NGO for women .
Nisha agrees to stay with her , she goes to NGO, there she makes new friends, she helps everyone in the NGO she also cooks food for them . One of the members suggest her to instead of searching for a job she should start some small business such as catering business as she knows to cook food very well and she can take help from her friends also .
But in order to start a business she needs capital so she goes to bank for loan but it gets rejected.
She gets sad but , thinks she should not stop and do something else and get money to start business.
One day she sees an advertisement in newspaper that there is a competition that encourages new artist where they should make a small video with creative thoughts and the winner will be given 10 lakhs prize money, so she thinks participate.
With the help of NGO people she makes a beautiful video and wins first prize.
With the money she starts the catering business.
At first the business was little dull, slowly her business started to grew. Later she started other business like bakery , organic food production etc.
With in a small span of time her business grew bigger.
She receives best entrepreneur award at very young age .
She thinks this should not be the end, she starts making videos of colour discrimination, how people treated her , how she felt etc. She explains that skin colour doesn't matter if they are determined towards their goal.
She became an inspiration to everyone.
Her videos get popular and she became a celebrity , she sees the people who used to disgrace her, the same people now come to take autograph and selfies with her.
She starts new company where she gives job opportunities to women who suffer discrimination. And she also starts a charitable trust and donates half of her income to it.
She also gets an opportunity to become brand ambassador for few products, she feels happy that she doesn't require to beautiful like her sister to become celebrity.
She feels that success is not dependent on skin colour.
Person should not be discriminated by their dark skin colour. She enjoys her success but misses her family.
As few years passed , Viraj met with and accident and he was paralyzed he had no money for the treatment and there was no one to look after them. They both ask everyone for help but no one came forward.
Vidya comes to a charitable trust seeking help and she is shocked to see that Nisha is the founder of that trust.
As soon as Nisha sees her mom she runs and hugs her, after knowing her father's condition she immediately rushes to hospital to see her father and cries, and says from here after she will look after her parents.
Now her parents also realized their mistake, they were wrong in treating her like this and they ask her to forgive them and say they feel proud of their daughter .
By
Poojitha.P
12/1/2021
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Lillian Kazmierczak
09/11/2022This ia a marvelous story of discrimination, more so of realizing your self worth! So said that her parents did not see her worth when she was born! She is a better person than me who have walked away from them and not looked back. You have told a wonderful story. I look forward to reading more of them.
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Poojitha
09/19/2022Thank you
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